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Beehiiv vs Substack
Pricing, founders, indie status and curated alternatives compared from our directory — all data points sourced from each tool's public site or press materials.
Beehiiv
Newsletter platform built by former Morning Brew operators.
Newsletters & EmailFreemium · $39/mo
Substack
Publish a paid newsletter with the Substack social layer.
Newsletters & EmailFreemium · 10% of paid subscriptions
At a glanceBeehiivSubstack
At a glance
- Pricing
- Beehiiv$39/mo
- Substack10% of paid subscriptions
- Pricing model
- BeehiivFreemium
- SubstackFreemium
- Founded
- Beehiiv2021
- Substack2017
- Location
- BeehiivNew York, USA
- SubstackSan Francisco, USA
- Bootstrapped
- Beehiiv—
- Substack—
- Open source
- Beehiiv—
- Substack—
- Category
- BeehiivNewsletters & Email
- SubstackNewsletters & Email
- Indie alternatives
- Beehiiv6
- Substack5
- Founders
- BeehiivTyler Denk, Benjamin Hargett, Jake Hurd
- SubstackChris Best, Hamish McKenzie, Jairaj Sethi
Key differences
Funding
Both are venture-backed.
Founded
Substack (2017) is 4 years older than Beehiiv (2021).
Category
Both compete in Newsletters & Email.
Indie alternatives
Beehiiv has 6 curated indie alternatives in our directory; Substack has 5.
Differences are derived directly from the data on each tool's page. Empty fields mean we haven't verified a value yet — never that one tool lacks the capability.
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